Improvement in molasses-pitcher tops



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. LANG, JR, OF ALLEGHENY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO LANG AND LAUSTER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MGLASSES-PITCHE R TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13?,139, dated March 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. LANG, J r., of Allegheny City, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Molasses- Pitcher Tops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a plan view of a molassespitcher top to which I have applied my improvement, the lid being removed; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate in each.

My invention consists in the arrangement, inside of a molasses-pitcher top, of a pair of converging flanges or guides, so as to form a delivery-spout or conductor, such as is hereinafter described, so as to regulate the flow of the molasses, and reduce the drip to a minimum.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

The top a is made in any of the ways known in the art, and consists of the neck b and lid 0. These parts I ordinarily make by casting in separate molds, and afterward put them together. At the side of the neck b, opposite to the hinge d, I make a pair of converging flanges, 6, so arranged as to form a deliveryspout, f. The flanges or guides 0 follow the curve of the neck until opposite the hinge d, and then run out on the flange h in nearly parallel lines. The flange h, which forms the bottom of the spout f, is inclined inward, so that no molasses will remain in the spout. The spout fis comparatively narrow, and the stream of molasses is confined to it by the guides 0,

like parts so that when out off by the lid 0 the drip, if any, will be only from the mouth of the spout f, and will, therefore, be comparatively smaller than that from those pitchers heretofore in use, in which the molasses, not beingconfined in the mouth, pours out over the edge at both sides.

The lid 0 closes down over the guidepieces e, and cuts off the flow of molasses. The molasses which remains in the inclined. spout f runs back into the pitcher. The guides 0 run far enough back to prevent the molasses from passing around them into the flange h, and are high enough to prevent it from flowing over them.

The subjectmatter of a previous application for apatentwhich application was allowed on February 8,1873, was the arrangement, inside the lid of a molasses-pitcher top, of a fixed cover over the discharging-spout, having an opening at the extremity of the spout for the escape of the fluid. If it is desired, this fixed inner cover may be applied to my present improvement by placing it upon the converging flanges 6; but this is not necessary to the operation of this improvement, as the flanges e are high enough to confine the molasses to the channel f for all practical purposes.

The guide-pieces are either welded to or cast with the neck I).

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The guide-pieces e e, placed in a molassespitcher top, a, so as to form a de1ivery-spout,f, the bottom of which is formed by the inclined flange h, the Whole being closed in or covered by the lid 0, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I, the said GEORGE P. LANG, J r., have hereunto set my hand.

GEO. I. LANG, JR.

Witnesses:

A. S. NICHOLSON, Trros. 13. KERR. 

